Top surnames from the 1881 census in Catwick, Yorkshire

Catwick is an 1881 census registration district in the county of Yorkshire

Registration districts were originally created for the registration of births, marriages and deaths, rather than specifically for the census. In many cases, registration districts were broadly equivalent to parishes, but not necessarily so.

Top surnames by total occurrences

Surname Total Frequency Index
GRANTHAM165.8824958.08
WILSON155.514712.01
STEPHENSON114.044170.69
HAYNES103.6765103.09
HUNT103.676527.68
COLLINSON93.3088282.13
DAWSON82.941226.68
WILKINSON82.941219.27
LEEDS82.94121,538.46
COOK82.941214.81
WINSHIP72.57351,250.00
PICKERING72.573571.36
BURTON72.573530.21
MILNER72.5735112.18
FERN62.2059705.88
CARR62.205930.57
BATESON62.2059352.94
WATSON51.83827.92
ROBSON51.838227.93
WHITING51.838295.42
TONGE41.4706231.21
NICHOLSON41.470620.69
MARSHALL41.47068.77
WILLIAMSON41.470616.41
BOWSER41.47061,000.00
JACKSON31.10293.95
PROCTER31.102984.99
SIMPSON31.10296.31
FISHER31.10299.42
CLARK31.10293.67
BULLOCK20.735322.60
SMITH20.73530.52
PARK20.735323.72
MYERS20.735328.17
EVERET20.73531,538.46
TWIDDY20.7353952.38
AMBLER10.367641.67
WRIGHT10.36761.15
ELLIOT10.367614.41
RODGERS10.367613.44
THOMPSON10.36761.23
LEWIS10.36761.40
COATES10.36769.86
GREGSON10.367626.60
PARIS10.3676116.28
ETHERINGTON10.367648.78
SANDERSON10.36768.90
QUILTER10.3676222.22
HEWSON10.367645.05
PEARSON10.36763.16

Top surnames by population index

Surname Index Total Frequency
LEEDS1,538.4682.9412
EVERET1,538.4620.7353
WINSHIP1,250.0072.5735
BOWSER1,000.0041.4706
GRANTHAM958.08165.8824
TWIDDY952.3820.7353
FERN705.8862.2059
BATESON352.9462.2059
COLLINSON282.1393.3088
TONGE231.2141.4706
QUILTER222.2210.3676
PARIS116.2810.3676
MILNER112.1872.5735
HAYNES103.09103.6765
WHITING95.4251.8382
PROCTER84.9931.1029
PICKERING71.3672.5735
STEPHENSON70.69114.0441
ETHERINGTON48.7810.3676
HEWSON45.0510.3676
AMBLER41.6710.3676
CARR30.5762.2059
BURTON30.2172.5735
MYERS28.1720.7353
ROBSON27.9351.8382
HUNT27.68103.6765
DAWSON26.6882.9412
GREGSON26.6010.3676
PARK23.7220.7353
BULLOCK22.6020.7353
NICHOLSON20.6941.4706
WILKINSON19.2782.9412
WILLIAMSON16.4141.4706
COOK14.8182.9412
ELLIOT14.4110.3676
RODGERS13.4410.3676
WILSON12.01155.5147
COATES9.8610.3676
FISHER9.4231.1029
SANDERSON8.9010.3676
MARSHALL8.7741.4706
WATSON7.9251.8382
SIMPSON6.3131.1029
JACKSON3.9531.1029
CLARK3.6731.1029
PEARSON3.1610.3676
GRAY2.5810.3676
LEWIS1.4010.3676
THOMPSON1.2310.3676
WRIGHT1.1510.3676

The Total column shows the total number of people in that county or town with this surname. For example, there were 8 people called LEEDS in Catwick at the time of the 1881 census.

The Frequency column shows the percentage of people in this county or town with this surname. For example, a frequency of 2.9412 in Catwick means that 2.9412% of the people in Catwick on census day were called LEEDS.

The Index column shows the relative probability of finding someone called LEEDS in this county or town, compared with the probability of finding them anywhere in Britain as a whole. An index of 1 means that if you pick someone at random from this county or town, you have exactly the same probability of picking someone called LEEDS as if you picked at random from the whole of the UK. Where the index is higher than 1, then you are more likely to find someone called LEEDS here than if you picked from the UK as a whole, and where it's lower then you are less likely. The actual figure shows the level of probability - for example, a figure of 2 would indicate that you are twice as likely to find someone called LEEDS here than in the UK as a whole, and 10 would make it ten times as likely. The value of 1,538.46 in Catwick means that you are 1,538.46 times as likely to find someone with the surname of LEEDS in Catwick than you would be in the whole of the UK.

All the surnames recorded in Catwick in 1881

(including typos, unknowns and the ones we don't have any data for!)

ACROYD (2)  AMBLER (1)  BATESON (6)  BLENKIN (1)  BOWSER (4)  BULLOCK (2)  BURTON (7)  CARR (6)  CATTERICK (10)  CLARK (3)  COATES (1)  COLLINSON (9)  COOK (8)  CRUST (1)  DANDRY (1)  DAWSON (8)  ELLIOT (1)  ETHERINGTON (1)  EVERET (2)  FERN (6)  FENBY (2)  FEWSON (1)  FINGLASS (1)  FISHER (3)  FUSSEY (1)  GRAMTHAM (7)  GRANTHAM (16)  GRAY (1)  GREGSON (1)  HARSLEY (1)  HAYNES (10)  HEPLON (2)  HERDSMAN (1)  HEWSON (1)  HUNT (10)  JACKSON (3)  KEMPLEY (2)  LEEDS (8)  LEWIS (1)  MAPPIN (4)  MARSHALL (4)  MILNER (7)  MYERS (2)  NICHOLSON (4)  PARIS (1)  PARK (2)  PEARSON (1)  PICKERING (7)  PORREL (1)  PROCTER (3)  QUILTER (1)  ROBSON (5)  RODGERS (1)  SANDERSON (1)  SIMPSON (3)  SISSONS (1)  SMALES (4)  SMITH (2)  SPOLDING (2)  STEPHENSON (11)  THOMPSON (1)  TONGE (4)  TOWRESS (1)  TWIDDY (2)  WATSON (5)  WHITING (5)  WILKINSON (8)  WILLIAMSON (4)  WILSON (15)  WINSHIP (7)  WRIGHT (1)